What is "fractions"

Usage examples of "fractions".

Provided I could find a way of disrupting the brain tissue so gently that instead of breaking the cells completely I merely shook them apart from one another, I could devise a centrifugation regime which, rather than separating subcellular particles, would give me fractions enriched in neurons and glia.

The gentle pressure released the neurons and glia into suspension, and by choosing a combination of gradients and centrifugation speeds, I ended up with two fractions, each enriched in one of the two types of cells.

Complex and improper fractions and recurring decimals are not allowed.

Any two fractions will do if the denominator equals the sum of the two numerators.

Adding and subtracting fractions went well enough, so long as they had the same denominator.

But he ran headlong into another wall when, a couple of days later, the time came for him to divide fractions instead of multiplying them.

But if substantial fractions of light speed are involved, the differences can be minutes, days, years, centuries, or more.

Just as you can't have one-third of a penny or two and a half quarters, Planck declared that when it comes to energy, no fractions are allowed.

Pinpricks of light were blooming and dying right across it, stars with a lifetime measurable in fractions of a second.

The temperature rose by several fractions of a degree, breaking up the unique and fantastically delicate valency bonds between disparate atoms which free fall and frigidity had established.

Cracks in the nothingness of the beyond which would open and shut in fractions of a second, akin to storm clouds of soot parting to let through the delicious golden sunlight of dawn.

That penetrated right through its fractions, bringing a wave of pain with it.

There're all kinds of fractions, halves and quarters and fifths and sixths and lots and lots, and when you have two halves, you have a -whole.

He nodded at Acorna, who was happily chattering to Gill about the new kinds of fractions she had learned, such as three-to-two and six-to-four.

He advanced by fractions, always giving less of himself than she wanted.